Bibliograph

The handbook of Japanese adjectives and adverbs, Taeko Kamiya

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The handbook of Japanese adjectives and adverbs, Taeko Kamiya

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The handbook of Japanese adjectives and adverbs

Nature of contents

handbooks

Oclc number

821719119

Responsibility statement

Taeko Kamiya

Series statement

Kodansha dictionary

Summary

"For any beginner of Japanese, adjectives and adverbs are bound to present a challenge. Unlike English adjectives, Japanese ones conjugate, meaning that you must memorize their various forms before being able to build sentences of any complexity. Adverbs do not conjugate, but make use of particles to show their grammatical relationship to other words, and some have very subtle shades of meaning that are difficult to grasp. Moreover, many do not translate into adverbs in English. The role these parts of speech play in adding flavor to the Japanese language is invaluable. This handy reference manual introduces the basic (and basics of) adjectives and adverbs in a clear and sensible way, enabling students not only to speak Japanese but to do it with pizzazz..." --Publisher description

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Japanese adjectives and adverbs

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